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brlapi-devel


Information about the package, brlapi-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The brlapi-devel package is designed for, Headers, static archive, and documentation for BrlAPI.


Package Name:

brlapi-devel

Summary:

Headers, static archive, and documentation for BrlAPI

Description:

This package provides the header files, static archive, shared object linker reference, and reference documentation for BrlAPI (the Application Programming Interface to BRLTTY). It enables the implementation of applications which take direct advantage of a refreshable braille display in order to present information in ways which are more appropriate for blind users and/or to provide user interfaces which are more specifically atuned to their needs. Install this package if you are developing or maintaining an application which directly accesses a refreshable braille display.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.5.4

Release:

7.el6

Size:

176 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for brlapi-devel


Control the brlapi-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install brlapi-devel

This command will install brlapi-devel on the server.

yum remove brlapi-devel

This command will un-install brlapi-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove brlapi-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove brlapi-devel

This command will un-install brlapi-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove brlapi-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update brlapi-devel

This command will update brlapi-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove brlapi-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update brlapi-devel

This command will update brlapi-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove brlapi-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info brlapi-devel

This command will show you core information about the brlapi-devel package.

yum deplist brlapi-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for brlapi-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update brlapi-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on brlapi-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.